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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory reviews

4.2

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,252 total reviews)
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David Van Wie

74% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,252 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
May 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great name recognition. Excellent educational opportunities and benefits package. At least in my group it's a very "hands off" approach to management. Very flexible schedules.

Cons

Non-line management has a ridiculous amount of favortism. No way to break into the clique if your an independent engineer. Tons of middle management, some of which are very technically savvy; however, a lot seem like your typical "pay for the rolodex" types. The most secret thing at the lab is how pay is decided upon and distributed. Dilution of classification...I worked hard to make Senior, others cruised in with "time in previous job" and produce nothing.

3.0
May 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good education & training support if you know what buttons to push; lots of challenging engineering opportunities if you know who to call

Cons

heavy favoritism, undocumented rationale for hiring, advancement decisions, lack of any information for meaningful career planning, most HR type decisions are given to a handful of very powerful managers, very little HR info is shared in any systematic way at least as far as we can tell

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